The Zigbee Alliance, an organisation of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that STMicroelectronics has joined its Board of Directors.

ROHM and STMicroelectronics have announced the signing of a multi-year Silicon Carbide (SiC) wafers supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company having a top share of SiC wafers in Europe. The agreement governs the supply of over 120 million dollars of advanced 150mm silicon carbide wafers by SiCrystal to STMicroelectronics during this period of demand ramp-up for silicon carbide power devices.

STMicroelectronics has added new features to the TouchGFX software framework for STM32 MCUs, streamlining creation of attention-grabbing user interfaces for domestic appliances, home automation, industrial controls, medical devices, and wearables. The latest version introduces TouchGFX Generator to make setting up a project and configuring related peripherals easier than ever.

STMicroelectronics has updated the TouchGFX user-interface software framework for STM32 MCUs, adding features that enable smoother and more dynamic user interfaces and lower demand on the memory and CPU. TouchGFX is a free tool in the STM32 ecosystem. Comprising two parts - TouchGFX Designer PC tool for designing and configuring rich user interfaces, and TouchGFX Engine software that runs on the end-device to secure high UI performance - the...

STMicroelectronics has enhanced its STM32 LoRaWAN software expansion package for developers (I-CUBE-LRWAN) to support the latest Firmware Update Over The Air (FUOTA) specifications. FUOTA cost-effectively future-proofs LoRa devices by simplifying applying application-layer updates and RF-stack updates to devices in the field, increasing the value of LoRa as a long-range, low-power technology for connecting IoT devices.

  With features including four DC/DC buck converters, a boost DC/DC converter, and six low-dropout regulators (LDOs), the STMicroelectronics STPMIC1 power-management IC (PMIC) satisfies the complex power demands of highly integrated application-processor based systems.

STMicroelectronics is making design starts using eight-bit STM8 microcontrollers (MCUs) faster, more affordable, and more accessible for creative minds of all types by introducing new development boards in the easy-to-use Nucleo-32 form factor.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a new generation of memory chips that combine storage density with speed and reliability, enabling the devices we use every day to do more to enrich life and work. With 4Mbit capacity, ST’s new EEPROM memories let small devices capture and store more data through the serial SPI bus. 

STMicroelectronics is collaborating with Audi, to conceive, design, industrialise, manufacture, and deliver the next generation of innovative automotive exterior OLED lighting. The first demonstration of this effort was the showing of next-generation digital OLED technology presented by Audi at the 2019 International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL). The parties target to release this new technology in future car models of the Audi.

STMicroelectronics has announced that it is facilitating smarter city and industry infrastructures through the combination of powerline and wireless communication in its smart-meter chipset. The ST8500 powerline communication (PLC) chipset now enables smart meters to communicate through existing power cables or radio frequency (RF) waves, combining the strengths of both types of connection. 

STMicroelectronics is enhancing software support for smartphone app developers to unleash the full potential from the new Core NFC Framework of the newly released iOS 13 operating system. The Core NFC Framework in iOS 13 enables reading and writing interactions with diverse types of NFC tags, including ISO/IEC 15693type-5 tags. 

The latest generation of Transient-Voltage-Suppression (TVS) diodes from STMicroelectronics delivers power density, handling 600W and 1,500W transient power in SMB Flat, and 400W and 600W in SMA Flat packages that are just 1.0mm high. In addition to the lower profile, ST’s new 1,500W SMB Flat package has transient-power capability equivalent to that of conventional devices in SMC packages, in a footprint more than 50% smaller...

The SensorTile Curriculum is open source university-level coursework created for those seeking hands-on experience in real time embedded systems based on Arm-Core microcontrollers. 

Two $99 ready-to-use development packs from ST Microelectronics enable all types of users from large corporations to smaller companies, independent designers, hobbyists, and schools to utilise LoRa’s long-range, low-power wireless IoT connectivity for tracking, positioning, metering, and many other applications.

STMicroelectronics has collaborated with MikroElektronika, an authorised ST Partner, to create four Click boards that extend the advantages of STSPIN motor drivers beyond STM32-based designs to users of MikroElektronika prototyping boards, as well as other systems containing a mikroBUS socket.

STMicroelectronics has announced the full details of its common share repurchase program disclosed via a press release dated November 5th, 2018. The program was approved by a shareholder resolution dated May 31, 2018 and by the supervisory board.

STM32 microcontrollers (MCU) from STMicroelectronics are now available in an 8-pin package, enabling simple embedded projects to leverage 32-bit performance and flexibility in a compact and cost-effective outline. The four new STM32G0 devices deliver a combination of 8-pin economy with a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ CPU.

Featuring a novel distortion-cancelling input-current shaping (ICS) circuit, the HVLED007 AC/DC LED driver from STMicroelectronics enables energy-saving solid-state luminaires to comply with increasingly stringent lighting regulations.

STMicroelectronics has extended support for STM32G4 microcontrollers, delivering digital-power and motor-control Discovery Kits and adding new firmware examples in the latest STM32CubeG4 software package (v 1.1.0) to help users explore control of digital power supplies and motors for applications such as race drones, prosumer drones, and small electric vehicles.

Card payment terminals are about to become even more affordable and ubiquitous with a new single-chip controller developed by STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and mobile payment solutions disruptor YouTransactor.